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SOME NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM THE EAST. 



By TlIK HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD. 



PAPILIONIDAE. 



1. Teinopalpus imperialis himalaicus subsji. nov. 



Teinoxmlpm impciialU Elwes (non Hope), Tr. Enl. tioc. Lmd. p. 421. n. :i'J2 (1888) (t^ikkimj. 



? . Grey cliscal area of liimlwing above generally jialer tliaii iu tlie Kliasia Hills 

 iiKliviihiuls, posteriorly more e.\tenclcd yellow, discal black Inimles H^ — W tliimuT. 

 on uiulerside the yellow colour reaches from abilominal iiiarg-iu to beyond M', there 

 are few black scales between M' and M-, middle of disc much less shaded with 

 black scaling than in Assam form of imjjcriuiu, the black onter border of the discal 

 area thin: in the Assam specimens the bars composing that border arc generally 

 heavy, the discal area is more or less shaded black, often all black from H- down 

 to abdominal margin. 



c?. Does not always differ from Assam specimens; but the orange-yellow area 

 of tlie hindning is mostly wider iu front, especially on the underside, and the black 

 lunules at the outer side of this area are thinner below. 



llab. Bhutan {fupr, F. (». Pilcher /ry.. May lnth, 18s'.i)> ^'"1 Wkkini. 



Mr. Ernest )Swinhoe submitted to me for inspection a long series of Assam 

 specimens, for which my best thanks are due to him. 



2. Papilio protenor thaiwanus subsp. nov. 



i . Body as in protenor. 



Wings above deeper black than iu /irotcnor, forewing >vithont reil patch ai 

 base; hindwiiig narrower from K- to M", more produced at R^, an admarginal spot 

 and a submarginal lunule at anal angle red. 



Underside. Forewing darker than in jtrotenor, with very few red scales 



at base; internal angle without white scaling. Hindwing : base of wing with 



the veins more broadly black than iu protenor, the red colour rather deeper in tint, 

 discal red bar ii' — M' complete, joined to sidimarginal bar along 11^ and M'; sub- 

 marginal spots not luniform, but bar-like, much heavier than in protenor, standing 

 much farther away from the edge of the wing, spots SC° — R* 2} to 4 mm. broad, 

 shaded with bluish white scales, spot li^ — W prolonged ]iroximad along the veins, 

 no sjwt before >S('- and no blue submarginal spots near this vein ; red marginal 

 spots smaller than in protenor, upper two absent. 



HoM. Formosa, 1 cf. 



